Patents by Inventor Ken BINGHAM

Ken BINGHAM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150081379
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the impact of lack of safeguards and procedures and for converting that into a metric of risk for any industrial facility or transportation of the same substances or products. A user interface allows access to a database containing safety documents for all safeguard's and procedures. The user interface also interfaces with a safety calculation module that calculates the risk level for specific potential consequences if specific safety procedures are not implemented and if specific safeguards become unavailable in any way. The calculation module calculates risk on a per scenario basis using a risk performance indicator, (RPI), metric. This metric is calculated as the difference between projected risk and tolerable risk. A total risk for an area of a facility can be calculated by summing all risk performance indicator metrics for all scenarios in that area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick FISHER, Ken BINGHAM
  • Publication number: 20130096979
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring safety procedures for an industrial facility. A user interface for a safety operator interfaces with a database containing safety documents for components installed and in use in the industrial facility. The user interface also interfaces with a safety calculation module that calculates the risk level for specific potential consequences if specific safety procedures are not implemented. Whenever a potentially unsafe situation occurs, the risk levels associated with the potential consequences of the unsafe situation are presented to the safety operator along with contingencies which may be implemented to alleviate the risks. Past potentially unsafe situations are also presented to the safety operator by way of a time line such that a historical record of the safety of the facility can be taken in at a glance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: ACM AUTOMATION INC.
    Inventor: Ken BINGHAM